Adrian Bermeo (b. 1989) is a New York City–born painter whose creative practice is shaped by his Hispanic heritage and formative roots in graffiti. Bermeo has facilitated artmaking workshops with MoMA (2023), Queens Collaborative (2024), Flushing Town Hall (2025), La Familia Project (2026), and Hook Arts Media (2026). He has curated exhibitions for Local Project Art Space (2022), Astor Place Hairstylists (2022), All Street NYC (2023), and Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (2025). Bermeo has also exhibited with Mana Contemporary (2019), Novado Gallery (2020), Queens Museum (2020), Art House (2021), 17 Frost Gallery (2023), ELM Foundation (2024), The Bronx Museum of the Arts (2025), and PRIV.Y Gallery (2026) amongst others.
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Lives and works in Queens, NY
SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS2025 No Need To Reminisce, LIV Gallery, NY, NY2023 Haiku of A New York Minute: Book Launch, ALL ST NYC. NY, NY2023 Alien Fight Scenes, The Local NY. Queens, NY2023 Bermeo x Cinco: Duo Exhibition, All ST NYC. NY, NY SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2026 100 Artists, Priv.y Gallery. NY, NY2024 Street Symphony, ProArts. Jersey City, NJ2024 Nostalgia Palooza, TNC Gallery. NY, NY2024 UP MAG 5th Anniversary Show, Elm Foundation. Brooklyn, NY2023 Soirée Henzo, Lavan Chelsea. NY, NY2023 Riding The Gain, 17 Frost Gallery. Brooklyn, NY2022 The Midtown Modern Art Fair, Blue Gallery. NY, NY2021 The Bowery Sticker Derby with 0H10 M1KE and Friends, Bowery Union. NY, NY2020 Elmhurst Auxiliary Silent Auction, Elmhurst Hospital. Queens, NY2020 RED, Novado Gallery. Jersey City, NJ2019 Heart BEATS 4 Puerto Rico, Mana Contemporary. Jersey City, NJ 2018 Underground Magazine Launch Party, undisclosed, Brooklyn, NY2017 Mixed Media Residency Show, Con Artist Collective. NY, NY2017 Animalia, Local Project Art Space. Queens, NY CURATORIAL2025 Kro-Matic, Resorts World Casino, Queens, NY2024 An Afro-LatinX Mixtape, JCAL. Queens, NY2024 Kinetic Scripts, Revolving Store. NY, NY2024 Off The Brick, Art Retail Therapy. Queens, NY 2023 A Lousy Summer, All ST NYC. NY, NY2022 Unique New York, Astor Place Hairstylists. NY, NY2022 Are You Gardening, The Queensboro. Queens, NY2022 Imperfections, Local Project Art Space. Queens, NY2022 Could Be A Duck, Ivy House Studio. Brooklyn, NY PRESS2025 - Queens Get The Paper, “Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning & Resorts World Casino presents: KRO-MATIC at Red Wall Gallery”2024 - Hyperallergic, “A Queens Show Celebrating NYC's Latine and African Music History” 2022 - UP Magazine, “Adrian Bermeo’s Colorful Spirit World” TEACHING FELLOW2026 Hook Arts Media. Booklyn, NY 2026 La Familia Project. Brooklyn, NY2025 Flushing Town Hall. Queens, NY2024 Queens Collaborative. Queens, NY2023 MoMA. NY, NY2022 Local Project Art Space. Queens, NY2020 Bowery Union. NY, NY PUBLICATIONS2023 Haiku of A New York Minute: Poems + Paintings by Adrian Bermeo - Self-Published2021 Fresh Plywood NYC: Artists Rise Up in the age of BlackLivesMatter - Kurt Boone AWARDS & RESIDENCY 2025 New York State Council on the Arts, Arts Grants for Queens 2024 Mellon Foundation Fund, Capacity Building2017 Mixed Media Residency, Con Artist Collective. NY, NY